Vietnam’s coastline is 7.6 times as long as the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 451 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 2,282 m above the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 862 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 53% of the Netherlands, versus 39% of Vietnam

Netherlands: 53.4% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 5.6 times as many people as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 18.1 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

The Netherlands is 66% more densely populated than Vietnam

Netherlands: 537 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in the Netherlands is 9 years older than in Vietnam

Netherlands: 41.4 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

Women in Vietnam have 0.5 more children on average than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1.43 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in the Netherlands are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 20.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

The Netherlands hosts 122,681 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

Netherlands: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Vietnam: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

The Netherlands has produced 11.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Netherlands: 11.1 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

The Netherlands and Vietnam are practically level

Netherlands: 1 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

The Netherlands’ economy is 2.6 times the size of Vietnam’s

Netherlands: $1.33 trillion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

The Netherlands produces 4.8 times as much per person as Vietnam

Netherlands: Int$87,320 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in the Netherlands (Gini 10.4 points higher)

Netherlands: 25.7 (2021) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 0.1% (2021) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 3.9% in the Netherlands, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 3.9% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

The Netherlands and Vietnam are practically level

Netherlands: 2.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Netherlands: 25.3% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

The Netherlands’ price level (US = 100) is 3× Vietnam’s

Netherlands: 84% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

The Netherlands spends 35 times as much on health per person as Vietnam

Netherlands: $6,845 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

The Netherlands has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Netherlands: 3.9 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Vietnam has 4% more hospital beds per person than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 2.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 4% higher than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

17% of adults in the Netherlands are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 16.9% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 21% in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 20.5% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in the Netherlands rate their lives 0.79 points higher than in Vietnam

Netherlands: 7.22 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 25% more alcohol than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 8.6 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

The Netherlands has 18% more meat per person than Vietnam

Netherlands: 71.6 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

The Netherlands has 381 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Netherlands: 3,467 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 722 more hours a year than in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 1,439 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in the Netherlands went to school 3.7 years longer than in Vietnam

Netherlands: 12.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

The Netherlands welcomed 11 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Netherlands: 0.91 (2022) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

The Netherlands has 4 more World Heritage sites than Vietnam (13 against 9)

Netherlands: 13 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

The Netherlands has won 524 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Netherlands: 524 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

97% of people in the Netherlands are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 97% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in the Netherlands is 33% faster than in Vietnam

Netherlands: 324 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

The Netherlands and Vietnam are practically level

Netherlands: 100% (2024) · Vietnam: 100% (2024)

96% of people in the Netherlands live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 96% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

The Netherlands has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Vietnam 128

Netherlands: 129 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 4% longer than the Netherlands’

Netherlands: 3,041 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from the Netherlands fly 4.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Netherlands: 2.29 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 11% of the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in the Netherlands emits 71% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Netherlands: 6.3 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

51% of the Netherlands’ electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Netherlands: 51.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 9.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Netherlands: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 3.6 times as deadly as in the Netherlands

Netherlands: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 13.2 °C warmer than the Netherlands

Netherlands: 11.2°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 2.4 times as much rain as the Netherlands

Netherlands: 887 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)